desibel

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed desi- +‎ bel, from Dutch decibel, from English decibel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [deˈsibəl]
  • Hyphenation: dè‧si‧bêl
  • Rhymes: -bəl, -əl, -l

Noun

dèsibêl (plural desibel-desibel)

  1. (acoustics, linguistics) decibel: A common measure of sound intensity ratio that is one tenth of a bel on the logarithmic intensity scale. It is defined as dB = 10 log10(P1 / P2), where P1 and P2 are the relative powers of the sound

Further reading

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French décibel.

Noun

desibel (definite accusative desibeli, plural desibeller)

  1. decibel